New York Laws
Article 7 - Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility Act
343 - Proof of Financial Responsibility by Certificate Showing Motor Vehicle Liability Policy Obtained.

(b) No motor vehicle shall be or continue to be registered in the name
of any person required to file proof of financial responsibility unless
such motor vehicle is so designated in such a certificate.
(c) When a person has been required to furnish proof of a financial
responsibility and there has been in effect a motor vehicle liability
policy for his benefit for a period of three years, during which period
such person or any vehicle registered in his name has not been involved
in any accident upon which a report is required pursuant to section six
hundred five hereof, such person may file in lieu thereof, the written
certificate of any insurance carrier duly authorized to do business in
this state, certifying that there is in effect a standard provisions
automobile liability policy in form approved by the superintendant of
financial services with a limit of liability no less than provided in
subdivision (a) of section three hundred thirty-five of this law.

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